I have watched as a friend stapled his catch dog's chest closed after a really big boar laid it open with his tusks. It was mostly bulldog, and my friend got him up on the tailgate of the pickup and he stood there, with no anesthetic of any kind, and let his owner staple up that gash. He never flinched once. I cannot comprehend a bulldog's threshold of pain, but I can tell you it is far, far above mine.

BTW, the boar got the worst end of the deal. He destroyed no more of my irrigated corn after that well deserved set-to.

SRH

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